Dominican Republic at the 2023 Parapan American Games

Dominican Republic is scheduled to compete in the 2023 Parapan American Games in Santiago, Chile from 17 November to 26 November 2023. This was Dominican Republic's fifth appearance at the Parapan American Games, having first competed in the 2007 edition.

Dominican Republic at the 2023 Parapan American Games
Flag of Dominican Republic
IPC code	DOM
NPC	Paralympic Committee of the Dominican Republic
Website	www.paralympic.org/dominican-republic
in Santiago, Chile 17 November 2023 – 26 November 2023
Competitors	22 in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Victor Manuel De La Cruz & Manuela Jacinto
Medals Ranked 16th	Gold 0 Silver 3 Bronze 5 Total 8
Parapan American Games appearances
2007 2011 2015 2019 2023

Paralympic badminton player Victor Manuel De La Cruz and parathlete Manuela Jacinto were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.^[1]

Medalists

Further information: 2023 Parapan American Games medal table

The following competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Nathanael Sanchez	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F13	November 21
Silver	Geraldo Castro	Taekwondo	Men's 63 kg	November 24
Silver	Manuela Jacinto	Athletics	Women's 400 metres T12	November 25
Bronze	Josefina Zoraida Miliano	Powerlifting	Women's 73 kg & 79 kg	November 18
Bronze	Richard González	Athletics	Men's 400 metres T12	November 22
Bronze	Diana Vivenes	Athletics	Women's 400 metres T20	November 22
Bronze	Julio Figuereo	Taekwondo	Men's +80 kg	November 25
Bronze	José Frank Rodriguez	Cycling	Men's road race C4–5	November 26

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	1	0	1
Athletics	5	3	8
Badminton	2	1	3
Cycling	2	0	2
Powerlifting	2	1	3
Swimming	1	1	2
Taekwondo	2	1	3
Total	15	7	22

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2023 Parapan American Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
José Figueroa	Individual recurve open	468	9	Bye	Huaytalla (PER) L 2–6	Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2023 Parapan American Games

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Track events

Athlete	Event	Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Richard González	100 m T12	—		DSQ
Adonys Rosa	100 m T36	—		12.60	5
Cristian Mejia	100 m T47	11.32	4 q	11.30	7
Richard González	400 m T12	—		54.38
Adonys Rosa	400 m T36	—		58.41	4
Cristian Mejia	400 m T47	—		52.07	4

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Position
Wagner Astacio	High jump T42–T47/T63–T64	1.84	1
Nathanael Sanchez	Javelin throw F13	43.47
Cristian Mejia	Javelin throw F46	37.54	6

Women

Track events

Athlete	Event	Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Manuela Jacinto	100 m T12	DSQ		Did not advance
Emeli Dicoudray	100 m T37	—		19.63	8
Manuela Jacinto	200 m T12	27.07	2 q	26.82	4
Emeli Dicoudray	200 m T37	—		DSQ
Manuela Jacinto	400 m T12	1:04.00	3 q	1:04.45
Diana Vivenes	400 m T20	—		58.51

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Position
Diana Vivenes	Shot put F20	5.87	3

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2023 Parapan American Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Emmanuel Mercedes	Singles SL3	Echeverría (CHI) W 21–10, 21–11	Puente (PER) L 17–21, 8–21	2 Q	Cardoso (BRA) L 19–21, 13–21	Did not advance
Victor Manuel De La Cruz	Singles SL4	Alcaraz (USA) W 21–23, 21–14, 21–13	Johann (BRA) L 11–21, 13–21	2	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Emeli Dicoudray	Singles SL3	Ubaque (COL) L 14–21, 19–21	Beckenkamp (BRA) L 8–21, 8–21	Silva (BRA) L 7–21, 7–21	4	Did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2023 Parapan American Games

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Rodny Minier	Time trial C1–5	31:26.31	19
José Frank Rodríguez		31:24.75	18
Rodny Minier	Road race C4–5	1:52:08	5
José Frank Rodríguez		1:52:05

Track

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Rodny Minier	Pursuit C4–5	5:08.311	7	Did not advance
José Frank Rodríguez		5:20.771	8	Did not advance
Rodny Minier	Time trial C1–5	—		1:15.661	14
José Frank Rodríguez		—		1:10.847	8

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2023 Parapan American Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Total lifted	Rank
José Manuel Abud	–65 kg	150	4
Jesús Manuel Rodríguez	–80 kg	NM

Women

Athlete	Event	Total lifted	Rank
Josefina Zoraida Miliano	–73 kg & –79 kg	94.0

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal	Final / BM
		Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
José Manuel Abud Jesús Manuel Rodríguez Josefina Zoraida Miliano	Team	214.5	6	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2023 Parapan American Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marcos Jimenez	50 m freestyle S5	38.91	7 Q	38.05	5
	100 m freestyle S5	1:30.08	8 Q	1:24.39	5
	50 m backstroke S5	—		43.21	4
	50 m butterfly S5	—		42.81	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lourdes Aybar	50 m freestyle S8	38.33	10	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke SB7	—		1:58.62	5
	100 m butterfly S8	—		1:45.70	8
	200 m individual medley SM8	3:36.88	5 Q	3:35.87	6

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2023 Parapan American Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Geraldo Castro	−63 kg	Mayor (CUB) W 50–42	Palacios (MEX) W 19–13	Bye	Torquato (BRA) L 16–18
Julio Figuereo	+80 kg	Muñoz (CHI) W 15–7	Medell (USA) L 7–10	Bye	Bronze medal final  Pedroza (MEX) W 15–11

Women

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Elisabeth Geraldo	−52 kg	Bye	García (MEX) L 26–38	Bronze medal final  Neves (BRA) L 17–21	4

See also

• Dominican Republic at the 2023 Pan American Games
• Dominican Republic at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

References

1. "Inauguración Parapanamericanos: estos son los abanderados de los 31 países participantes". santiago2023.org (in Spanish). Santiago 2023. 17 November 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.